Bob CollinsGiggle if you must, but maybe you’ve never been overwhelmed by the trauma of learning math. Numbers, nothing but numbers that are all supposed to fit somewhere.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
By Bob Collins
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
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Everything’s cool in International Falls. Read more →
A lot of people on social media are pointing out today that it’s colder in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest than it is in Antarctica, to which others point out that it’s winter in the Upper Midwest and summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Jason Kiley’s beard is so long, he’s zipped it into his jacket a few times, tied it into his shoelaces by mistake, and there’s that food thing. Read more →
We hold doors for each other. We let the pedestrians cross against the light and think nothing of it because they’re out there and we’re safe in a car and, what the heck does it matter anyway? We’re nicer
this week and we got that way without terrorists having to ram jetliners into buildings like the last time we were all nice to each other because we were all in it together. Read more →
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We all know the type. Flies on frequent flyer miles. Has to wait to get a seat assignment that puts her in the middle seat, talks loudly on the cellphone so everyone know the details of her victimization. Read more →
Oh, Canada, you never disappoint. Read more →
Who says there’s no heat in Minnesota right now? Read more →
During these cold snaps, we in the media struggle for new ways to tell you how cold it is, as if you don’t already know. Read more →
The Pioneer Press reports that other Minnesota laws were never changed when same-sex marriage became the law, so while a pregnant woman automatically is considered the mother of her baby, her wife is not. Read more →
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Almost all schools in Minnesota look as though they’re going to be closed on Tuesday and none of the superintendents made the announcement with even a hint of panache.
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